2023-08-11 07:42:11
The regulatory authority Telekom Control Commission made a fundamental decision regarding IP blocks on Thursday. According to this, network blocks based on the “Domain Name System” (DNS) are suitable and generally sufficient to protect the rights of third parties. Blocks based on IP addresses that go beyond DNS blocks are therefore not necessary and therefore inadmissible.
“Since countless websites can be accessed from a single IP address, the risk of blocking websites or Internet services of uninvolved third parties is particularly high in the event of a block,” commented TKK spokesman Klaus Steinmaurer on the regulatory authority’s decision To protect freedom of expression on the Internet, restrictions on Internet content should only be set up in Austria in exceptional cases. Each individual network block is checked by the regulatory authority. On the one hand, it is checked whether there are sufficient reasons for a block – such as in the case of “pirate sites” that violate structural copyright law – but also the technical implementation of the block. The current DNS blocks can be found on the website of the regulatory authority.
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